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the nra is going to try to do that. >> that was when not croupier -- that was one lapierre of the nra. your response? >> as i said before, one of the few statements from the nra that i do suggest, that i do agree with, but the bad thing is we don't have the money in this country to do it. the bad part is also that we have these people now that have opinions on what happens in school, strictly by looking at numbers, never looking at individual instances. when you have these people that criticize law-enforcement in schools, my question to them is, have you ever worked in a school? i was an sro commander and was there for 15 years. i have countless stories of how i helped people. i know sro's all around the country that work hard every day and it takes a certain kind of individual. you cannot just have this idea of this macho cop walking in the school halls and arresting people for swearing or horsing around with their friends. that is just not the reality. the reality is, incidents happened in schools. police are called for one reason or another by the school administrator. sometimes ac
the nra is going to try to do that. >> that was when not croupier -- that was one lapierre of the nra. your response? >> as i said before, one of the few statements from the nra that i do suggest, that i do agree with, but the bad thing is we don't have the money in this country to do it. the bad part is also that we have these people now that have opinions on what happens in school, strictly by looking at numbers, never looking at individual instances. when you have these people...
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she was taken out by security as one of the heads of the nra spoke. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the piece ball, which was held at the mead center for american theater, was thought affiliated with any party. thousands came out. the number of official balls celebrating open as an operation is down from 10 in 2009 to just two this year. this time obama agreed to except unlimited corporate funding. donors have been offered a number of sponsorship options including the top tier of $1 million for institutions, $250,000 for individuals. in contrast, corporate lobbyists and political action committee donors were banned in 2009. individual contributions were capped at $50,000. several of the nation's best powerful corporate lobbying forces are bankrolling this year's festivities including at&t, microsoft, southern co. which have collectively spent almost $160 million on lobbying since obama first took office. today's ceremony falls on the third anniversary of one of the supreme court citizens united decisions, allowing unlimi
she was taken out by security as one of the heads of the nra spoke. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the piece ball, which was held at the mead center for american theater, was thought affiliated with any party. thousands came out. the number of official balls celebrating open as an operation is down from 10 in 2009 to just two this year. this time obama agreed to except unlimited corporate funding. donors have been offered a...
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the nra said -- a number of states have got to tackle gun violence on their own following the newtown massacre. in colorado, democratic governor john hickenlooper proposed thursday to require universal background checks on all state gun sales. his plan comes the day after new york governor andrew cuomo called for tightening the state assault weapons ban and limiting high-capacity magazines. all this comes as yet another school shooting occurred thursday, this time in california. a 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun walked into his high school and fired a fellow student, leaving the victim seriously wounded. the shooter fired at another student, but missed his target. the kern county police sheriff said he was carrying multiple rounds of shotgun ammunition. >> there was an active shooter that did not show up for school this morning for first period, then interrupted the class halfway through it, armed with a shotgun. he fired the first run, striking another student. the student is at the hospital in critical condition. he is stable. he then tried to engage the second student that
the nra said -- a number of states have got to tackle gun violence on their own following the newtown massacre. in colorado, democratic governor john hickenlooper proposed thursday to require universal background checks on all state gun sales. his plan comes the day after new york governor andrew cuomo called for tightening the state assault weapons ban and limiting high-capacity magazines. all this comes as yet another school shooting occurred thursday, this time in california. a 16-year-old...
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. >> appearing with the sandy hook promise, connecticut senator chris murphy predicted a defeat of nra efforts to block the approval of a new assault weapons ban. >> his job to say no gun control and has congress, but they are wrong. they will see they are wrong as this president brings the full weight of his office to the house and senate and as republicans and democrats grievously have pledged to the nra start turning a different direction. i think today is an important day because it gives a clear forum for people across newtown, across the state, and across this nation and lecturer -- clear the status quo is not ok when it comes to the laws on guns in this country. >> new figures show u.s. military suicides broke another all-time record last year. 349 active duty soldiers took their own lives in 2012, far exceeding the number of u.s. troops killed in battle, according to the pentagon. the previous record of 310 suicides within army ranks was set in 2009. the figures do not include veterans no longer enlisted in the military. president obama has rolled out a new round of talks with
. >> appearing with the sandy hook promise, connecticut senator chris murphy predicted a defeat of nra efforts to block the approval of a new assault weapons ban. >> his job to say no gun control and has congress, but they are wrong. they will see they are wrong as this president brings the full weight of his office to the house and senate and as republicans and democrats grievously have pledged to the nra start turning a different direction. i think today is an important day...
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the administration is reportedly hoping to counter nra opposition by convincing gun retailers such as walmart that the new measures would help their profits. news of the proposals comes after yet another shooting in aurora, colorado, site of the nation's second worse than rampage last year after newtown. a gunman killed three people in and our colorado home on saturday before being shot dead by police. aurora is where suspect james holmes allegedly killed 12 people and wounded 58 others during a midnight movie screening in july. in aurora police spokesperson described the latest shooting. >> kept persisting on him coming out and surrounding -- surrendering. he did not. then he came to a second story window with a gun and fired upon as a second time, this time shots were returned. the suspect was hit. he has been pronounced dead. we have sent people in and have confirmed there were three other victims inside who have all been pronounced dead at this time. >> colorado is set to open its largest shooting rage to date, the cheyenne mountain shooting complex, near colorado springs later th
the administration is reportedly hoping to counter nra opposition by convincing gun retailers such as walmart that the new measures would help their profits. news of the proposals comes after yet another shooting in aurora, colorado, site of the nation's second worse than rampage last year after newtown. a gunman killed three people in and our colorado home on saturday before being shot dead by police. aurora is where suspect james holmes allegedly killed 12 people and wounded 58 others during...
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the truth is -- >> nra, stop killing our children. the nra is killing our children. [inaudible] end the violence. stop the killing. >> describe what this first interruption was, then we will go to your clip. >> you hear a silence that seemed like it when on for ever. my colleague was standing there with a banner that said "nra killing our kids." i think there were so shocked we had gotten into the press conference because there's such high-security, that they did not know what to do. that left him standing right in front of wayne lapierre for quite a long time rita >> you can only see lapierre's head because he was holding up a sign. let's go to the clip of you as they took him out of the room, this is what happened next he attempted to continue. >> sit down. >> the nra has blood on its hands. the nra has blood on its hands. shame on the nra. >> the nra will the-- >> explain what happened as you're holding up a sign that said "the nra has blood on its hands." >> i got up with that sign right in front and had a chance a little longer than the club to be talking in the
the truth is -- >> nra, stop killing our children. the nra is killing our children. [inaudible] end the violence. stop the killing. >> describe what this first interruption was, then we will go to your clip. >> you hear a silence that seemed like it when on for ever. my colleague was standing there with a banner that said "nra killing our kids." i think there were so shocked we had gotten into the press conference because there's such high-security, that they did not...
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." >> also testifying was the nra head wayne lapierre, who has vocally opposed any gun control measures, including the assault weapons ban. he sparred with senator dick durbin of illinois over the issue of whether background checks -- tighter background checks could to terror and violence. go,f it imillion if you let thm you're not preventing them from getting to the next crime scene. >> that is the point. the criminals will not go to purchase the guns because there will be a background check for it will stop them from the original purchase. you missed that point completely. i think it is basic. >> as the hearing on gun control took place, another mass shooting was unfolding, this time in arizona. one person was killed, another two wounded when a gunman opened fire in an office building in phoenix. the suspect, arthur harmon, fled the scene and remains at large. he was reportedly in a dispute with the dead victim. in chicago, hadiya pendleton, 15-year-old girl, who performed at president obama's inauguration last week, has been killed in a random shooting. hshe was with a group of frien
." >> also testifying was the nra head wayne lapierre, who has vocally opposed any gun control measures, including the assault weapons ban. he sparred with senator dick durbin of illinois over the issue of whether background checks -- tighter background checks could to terror and violence. go,f it imillion if you let thm you're not preventing them from getting to the next crime scene. >> that is the point. the criminals will not go to purchase the guns because there will be a...